Zamper is an original novel written by Gareth Roberts

Gareth Roberts (writer)

Gareth John Pritchard Roberts is a British television screenwriter and novelist, best known for his work related to the science-fiction television series Doctor Who...

 and based on the long-running British

United Kingdom

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 science fiction television

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 series Doctor Who

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. It features the Seventh Doctor

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, Bernice

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, Chris

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 and Roz

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.

Synopsis

The Doctor and his companions, separated from the TARDIS, investigate Zamper. It is an organization dedicated to building gigantic warships. A separate race has arrived in order to commission craft; also industrial accidents are plaguing the workers.